Some of us have been advocating this for what seems like an eternity. Of course people can recover. The latest discoveries about sensitivity to grains containing gluten (and an ingredient in gluten) have dramatic effects on schizophrenia, wide mood swings (which are characteristic of Bipolar Illness) and many, many other effects, including Dementia! The brain, lungs, digestive system, skin, and other organs may be harmed.

I think the ingredient in gluten (which has not been proven injurious yet because little research has been done on it) is Exorphin (sp?). It acts on the opiate centers of the brain causing addiction, and it is addictive. The good news is that most people can
withdraw from it without too many difficult side effects usually within a week. The
addiction causes cravings which the victim gives way to every two to three hours for more ingestion of wheat--and that really puts the weight on!

I think the most that Dr. Williams had ever seen in withdrawal symptoms lasted no
longer than about a month, while most were fine within a week or so.

I'm reiterating that this new work will probably lead to additional research on
the subject of the dangers of the "Dwarf Wheat" genetically engineered by agricultural scientists. It is 99% of the production of wheat throughout the world now.

It has a much heavier content of gluten (which causes lighter doughs) and makes wheat more appealing, but it's a product that the human being has not evolved in its
digestive system to manage. It's 20th century scientific alterations in gluten in
wheat for massive production of grain-bearing capacity.

Included in the sensitivity are other grains that have gluten in them which would
be barley, rye, and perhaps oats. Corn has a different substance called zien (sp?)
which can cause trouble for those sensitive to it.

I recommend that we all read Dr. David Willaims' New York Best Seller entitled
Wheat Belly. It is a reinforcement of an idea I read years ago by a doctor who said
that Bipolar patients have an extreme sensitivity to grains. That was long before
the story began to emerege about conditions occurring in 2013 with increases
in Bipolar Illness, heavy weight gains among some people who are addicted to wheat,
etc., etc.

Thanks for this thread.